# Brookdale Auburn License #317005468 · Auburn, Placer County · Licensed for 110 — Large care community · a licensed care home (RCFE) Brookdale Auburn is a large care community in Auburn — a licensed residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE), the licence category behind “assisted living” and “board and care.” It is licensed for 110 residents since 2014. Dementia care and bedridden care are not on file. - Care approvals on file: Wheelchair · Hospice — State licensing record · September 27, 2026 - Starting rate: $5,750 a month — Listed by the home on Seniorly · September 9, 2026 Full page: A citation does not make a home unsafe, and an empty file does not make a home good. ## Quick answers about Brookdale Auburn ### Is Brookdale Auburn licensed? The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### How many residents is Brookdale Auburn licensed for? 110 residents — a large community, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Has Brookdale Auburn been cited? 5 Type A and 4 Type B citations since 2014, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. Those records count 32 state visits over the same years. ### Is Brookdale Auburn still open? This license was on the CDSS roster as of September 28, 2026. ### What does Brookdale Auburn cost? $5,750 a month to start — listed by the home on Seniorly · September 9, 2026. The home lists this starting rate on Seniorly, seen September 9, 2026. Among 13 other homes of a similar licensed size across Placer County that publish a starting rate, the middle half runs $3,211 to $5,095 a month, and the middle figure is $4,295 (n = 13 other homes publishing a starting rate). Each of those is a home’s own published figure, gathered on its own date in September 2026 — not an average of ours, and not a survey. Similar size means small and mid-size homes counted together, and large communities counted on their own, because they are different markets. A home outside the band is not overcharging or underpricing: a starting rate covers different things in different homes, which is the first thing to ask about. The price is made in the phone call. Nothing here is a quote, an offer or a discount. A starting rate is the room and the base care. California homes commonly bill care levels, medication management, supplies, transport and a second person in the room as extras. Many also charge a one-time fee at move-in. Ask for that list in writing before anything is signed. Only prices a home put out itself count here: its own website, a listing it supplied, or a price a listing site says the home confirmed. Prices a site shows without saying where they came from are left out. ### Does Brookdale Auburn take Medi-Cal? On Medi-Cal’s Assisted Living Waiver: this home is not on the DHCS participation list dated September 23, 2026. Ask the program about current options. The waiver pays for care services, not room and board. ### Who holds the license? The license is held by Bernadette Clark Home, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ### Is there a hospital nearby? Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital is 0.3 miles away in a straight line, per the CDPH licensed-hospital list dated September 16, 2026. [See licensed care homes near it.]() ### Can Brookdale Auburn keep a resident on hospice? Hospice care is approved on this license, covering up to 7 residents, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. ## Brookdale Auburn license and inspection record - Name on the license: “BROOKDALE AUBURN”, per the CDSS roster as of May 25, 2025. - License #317005468. The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed for 110 residents — a large community, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Licensed to Bernadette Clark Home, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - First licensed in 2014, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 32 state inspection visits since 2014, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - 5 Type A and 4 Type B citations on file since 2014, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. The same records count 32 state visits in that period. - 15 complaints and 9 substantiated allegations on file since 2014, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. One complaint can carry several allegations. - The most recent state visit on file is June 4, 2026, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026. - Type A citation: a violation that poses an immediate risk to health, safety or personal rights if it is not corrected - Type B citation: a violation that could become a risk if not corrected, or one involving records, resources or required services California writes these definitions for every licensed home, not for this one. [CDSS citation definitions (PDF)]() ## Sources - CDSS Community Care Licensing — status, capacity, license holder, the first-license year, citations, complaints and visits, per CDSS records as of September 27, 2026: [See the state’s own record]() - CDSS licensing roster — the listing, as of September 28, 2026 - DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant list, as of September 23, 2026: - CDPH licensed-hospital list, dated September 16, 2026